- Location: Baytown
- Type: Direct Hire
- Job #19331
Our industry leading client is seeking a Senior Process Optimization Engineer to drive performance improvements and operational excellence within a high-performing Olefins operations team. This strategic role is based at a key production facility in Baytown, TX, and plays a critical part in maximizing profitability, efficiency, and reliability across the ethylene units.
Title: Senior Process Optimization Engineer
Location: Baytown, TX
Role Type: Full-time/Direct-hire
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead continuous optimization efforts across ethylene cracker units, identifying and implementing initiatives to enhance efficiency, throughput, and profitability.
- Serve as the site-level subject matter expert (SME) on Olefins operations, providing deep technical guidance to cross-functional teams.
- Develop, maintain, and apply process models and analytical tools to assess performance gaps and unlock improvement opportunities.
- Monitor plant operations against process constraints; challenge and redefine those constraints when data indicates performance potential.
- Partner with reliability and maintenance teams to proactively assess equipment health and recommend strategies that improve both uptime and economic performance.
- Perform detailed process and economic analyses to support day-to-day decisions and long-term strategy.
- Contribute technical leadership to capital projects, debottlenecking efforts, and site-wide performance improvement initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related
- Extensive experience in the petrochemical or refining industry
- Background in the chemical manufacturing industry (preferred)
- Olefins experience, including direct work with multiple cracker units (preferred)
- Hands-on experience with process modeling and simulation tools (preferred)
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Demonstrated success in process optimization and delivering measurable operational improvements
- Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and solutions-focused with strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Collaborative and team-oriented mindset, with the ability to influence across disciplines and levels
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